Industry & chemicals
A manufacturing ERP for traceable, controlled production
Raw materials, bills of materials, manufacturing orders, batches, expiry dates and deliveries: your production tracked in a single tool, with the traceability your customers require.
The problem
What holds manufacturers back
The more production grows, the more Excel files reach their limits: approximate quantities, untraceable batches and estimated cost prices.
Approximate raw material stock
Actual consumption is not recorded. A raw material shortage is discovered when production is about to start.
Fragile traceability
Batches and expiry dates tracked in Excel: when a complaint comes in, tracing a batch back to its origin takes hours.
Estimated cost prices
Without bills of materials or consumption tracking, the selling price rests on an estimate of the cost.
Scattered documents
Product sheets, safety data sheets and certificates of analysis are spread across several folders.
The solution
What your manufacturing ERP tracks for you
Production linked to purchasing, stock and sales, with no retyping.
Bills of materials
Multi-level formulas and bills of materials: materials, packaging and quantities needed for each finished product.
Manufacturing orders
Planned manufacturing orders, reserved materials, reported consumption and finished goods added to stock.
Batch traceability
Batch numbers and expiry dates from the receipt of materials to delivery to the customer.
Cost price
Material, packaging and labour cost per product, compared with the selling price to manage your margins.
Product documents
Technical sheets, safety data sheets and certificates linked to each product and each batch.
Exports and statistics
Enriched sales statistics by product, customer, sales rep and period, exportable in one click.
Day to day
From raw material to customer
Receipt
Materials received with their batch number and expiry date.
Manufacturing
The manufacturing order consumes the right batches and creates the finished goods batch.
Control and stock
The batch is checked, documented and put into stock.
Delivery
The delivery note shows the batches delivered: traceability is complete.
Batch recall: an answer in minutes
When a complaint comes in, the ERP finds in a few clicks the materials used in a finished goods batch and every customer who received it. A requirement that key accounts and export customers raise more and more often.
Modules
The building blocks of your ERP
A Dolibarr core extended with our in-house modules. Discover our Dolibarr business ERP.
Your project
How does the implementation work?
Free assessment
A 30-minute conversation to understand your organisation, your current tools and your priorities.
Proposal and configuration
A written scope, then an ERP configured to your rules: documents, permissions, numbering, processes.
Data and training
Import of your existing Excel files and training of your teams on their own cases.
Go-live and follow-up
Support at go-live, then ongoing support and improvements as you need them.
Does Dolibarr really handle production?
Yes. Dolibarr’s manufacturing module handles bills of materials and manufacturing orders. We extend it to fit your needs: cost prices, quality checks, labels.
Can we manage products with an expiry date?
Yes. Each batch carries its expiry date, and the tool can give priority to the batches that expire first.
Does the ERP handle several units (kg, litre, drum)?
Yes. Products can be bought, stored and sold in different units, with the necessary conversions.
Can you produce custom statistics?
Yes. We built an enriched exports and statistics module for a chemicals manufacturer, which can be adapted to your indicators.
Can the tool be used for export?
Yes: documents in several languages and currencies, proforma invoices and tracking of the batches delivered to each customer.
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